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WorksheetsThe Camps
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What phrase was displayed at some camps to deceive prisoners about their fate?
Arbeit macht frei ("work will make you free")
Freiheit für alle ("freedom for all")
Leben und arbeiten ("live and work")
Glück und Erfolg ("happiness and success")
How were workers in the camps generally treated, regardless of the importance of their work?
As expendable
As valuable assets
As honored guests
As skilled professionals
Which of the following companies is NOT mentioned as having used slave labour during the Holocaust?
Volkswagen
Philips
Ford Motor Company
General Electric
During the war, what proportion of the German workforce was made up of Jewish slave labourers?
1/5
1/2
1/10
1/100
Auschwitz is usually known as?
A concentration camp
A hospital
A school
A government building
What was the secondary function of Auschwitz?
Extermination of prisoners
Training German soldiers
Manufacturing weapons
Teaching languages
What type of work was done in forced labour camps?
Hard physical labour such as building and brick-making
Office work
Artistic performances
Teaching children
What is meant by extermination through labour and how was it applied by the Nazis?
Killing prisoners by forcing them to work until they died
Giving prisoners jobs to help them survive
Allowing prisoners to choose their work
Providing education through work
How many companies profited from slave labour during the Holocaust? Name three.
Many companies; examples include IG Farben, Siemens, and Volkswagen
Only one company; Ford
No companies profited
Only small local businesses
What is the debate today in Germany about labour camps?
Whether or not to compensate survivors and acknowledge the crimes
How to build new camps
Whether to teach math in schools
How to improve transportation
